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Perforated Bladder During Biopsy
Hello everyone.
I am absolutely terrified! The urologist did a cystoscopy and bladder wash a few weeks ago. He said the cystoscopy looked clear but his nurse called me about a week later and said there were cells that were suspicious for high-grade carcinoma and recommended a bladder biopsy.
I had that done today and after I got home, I developed severe abdominal pain and was unable to urinate. I went to the ER and they did a CT which showed a small perforation of the bladder wall at one of the biopsy sites.
Now I am terrified!! If I do have cancer, this perforation just spread the cancer cells that were confined to the surface of my bladder to the rest of my body!! Did I really just go from no tumor, possibly CIS to stage 4?? I am freaking oyt!!!!
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This recently happened to me during TURBT as I had a bladder perforation and they found a non-invasive papillary tumor and confirmed CIS. I am worried I will have cancer cells now outside of my bladder where they can grow on other organs of nodes.
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So sorry to hear about your problems. While rare, such things do happen. You will NOT spread cancer in this way, however. The perforation will heal.
Sara Anne
Diagnosis 2-08 Small papillary TCC; CIS
BCG; BCG maintenance
Vice-President, American Bladder Cancer Society
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